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The response of trout red cells to adrenaline during seasonal acclimation and changes in temperature
Author(s) -
Milligan C. L.,
Graham M. S.,
Farrell A. P.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1989.tb02972.x
Subject(s) - acclimatization , trout , biology , photoperiodism , rainbow trout , nad+ kinase , endocrinology , medicine , stimulation , adrenergic , catecholamine , red cell , fish <actinopterygii> , zoology , biochemistry , ecology , fishery , botany , enzyme , receptor
Adult rainbow trout were acclimated to three different temperature and photoperiod regimes: 17°C, 14 h light: 10 h dark (summer); 7° C, 14 h light: 10 h dark; and 5° C, 8 h light: 16 h dark (winter). Blood was collected from these fish after 40 days acclimation, and the response of red blood cells to in vitro adrenergic stimulation was assessed. To examine potential seasonal variations in endogenous levels of circulating catecholamines, plasma levels of adrenaline (Ad) and noradrenaline (NAd) were measured at rest and after exercise. At rest, there were no differences between groups in plasma levels of either Ad or NAd, but, after exercise, the pattern of catecholamine elevation differed. In fish acclimated to 17 and 7° C in summer, Ad and NAd increased by about the same amount (10–15 times). In fish acclimated to 5° C in winter, NAd increased about three‐fold, compared to the near 50‐fold increase in Ad levels. Whether this difference between groups can be attributed to seasonal influences is unclear. At both low (0·5%) and high (2%) PCO 2 , adrenergic stimulation (2 × 10 ‐7 M Ad) of trout red cells in vitro led to a significant reduction in MCHC (mean cell [haemoglobin]), compared to non‐stimulated cells. However, only at the high PCO 2 were pHe and red cell pHi significantly different from those in the non‐stimulated cells: the latter was higher and the former lower in the stimulated cells. There were no differences in the response of red cells to adrenergic stimulation between groups of fish. Under the conditions of the present study no influence of season and/or temperature on the in vitro response of trout red cells to adrenergic stimulation was shown.